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- 241: "The Yellow Wallpaper": Decorating the Ugly Truth of Oppression
- ... devised a "prescription for each hour in the day"(1572) as he saw her as being incapable of seeing to her own schedule, even when all she was supposed to do was rest. These antiquated stereotypes are so ingrained she defers to him over her own judgement. To show how oppressive the husband's views are the wife describes the house they are to stay in as "a colonial mansion, a ...
- 242: The Politics of Education Reform
- ... message to the female student body: Females are capable of doing anything they want; now please go help the boys with their homework. Since the 1960's men and women have questioned and often rejected stereotypes based on gender. However, the Minister of Education and Training, David Johnson, and his command-and control leadership, characteristic of the military and old-line party politics, will make it even more difficult for women ...
- 243: "Down and Out Paris and London"
- ... personality of a person who lives below the poverty line. Through the author we get a very keen insight into this area of human experience. Orwell feels that beggars and tramps have unfair labels and stereotypes attached to them. For example, most people think of tramps as being dangerous. About that Orwell says: "Quite apart from experience, one can say a priori that very few tramps are dangerous, because if they ...
- 244: How Identities, Aspirations, and Achievements Of Two Females Were Affected By The Aspects of Family, Class, Gender, and Race
- ... class. She attended primarily all white high schools and had very limited contact with minorities with the exception of a few Asians She rarely ventured out of her mostly white environment and thus developed strong stereotypes about other ethnicities based on familial influence in addition to things that she viewed in the media, through books, and through entertainment propaganda. I was also greatly influenced by family in the shaping of my ...
- 245: Hawthornes's Young Goodman Brown And Rappacini's Daughter: Solicited by the Devil
- ... deed and "he had taken a dreary road darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest" to get there(611). Goodman Brown is willingly seeking the devil, and Hawthorne is throwing in all the stereotypes. This entire search for the devil is portrayed as being very ugly. What then is pretty? In Young Goodman Brown beauty equals inherent goodness, or Faith. Young Goodman Brown separates from this righteousness, for evil ...
- 246: Cultural Diversity in Schools
- ... home. Sometimes the parents do not fulfill their responsibilities at home. The teacher must adjust to the students needs. "When dealing with multicultural issues in he classroom, teachers must guard against perpetuating racial and ethnic stereotypes, which is often done subconsciously and indirectly by failing to use linguistic qualifiers such as 'some,' 'many,' and 'most' when referring to cultural groups. There is much diversity within culture" (Ryan, 27). Teachers must also ...
- 247: Ebonics in Schools
- ... shows and talk radio across America, but for several reasons, it's a subject perfectly suited for the Internet. For 1 thing, the Net's anonymity can cloak your racial background or identity, loosening tight stereotypes. For another, you can find a virtual community that matches your take in the issue. On the World Wide Web, you can read tightly reasoned analyses of black history and listen to people making cruel ...
- 248: A Nation of Immigrants: An Overview of the Economic and Political Conditions
- ... in which an egalitarian society will become a reality in America, is through education of all Americans about all other Americans, interaction between all ethnicitiys in a positive atmosphere, and finally the removal of all stereotypes, stigmas, oppression, discrimination, and labels. With this the people of America can share this great land in peace and with a degree of harmony.
- 249: Hiring Minorities
- ... one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." He desired a world without discrimination, without prejudice, and without stereotypes. The fundamental lesson years of discrimination should have taught is that to give anyone preference based on skin color, sex, or religious beliefs is, in one word, wrong. As Martin Luther King Jr. stated, judgment ...
- 250: Preferential Hiring
- ... one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." He desired a world without discrimination, without prejudice, and without stereotypes. The fundamental lesson years of discrimination should have taught is that to give anyone preference based on skin color, sex, or religious beliefs is, in one word, wrong. As Martin Luther King Jr. stated, judgment ...
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